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| The skull, vertebral column, and the thoracic cage. |
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Definition
| What composes the axial skeleton? |
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| Thoracic and sacral vertebra |
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Definition
| Which vertebra have primary curvature? |
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| Cervical and lumbar vertebra |
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Definition
| Which vertebra have secondary curvature? |
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Definition
| Where does the spinal nerve exit on a vertebra? |
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Term
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Definition
| What runs through the transverse foramen on cervical vertebrae? |
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Definition
| What is the area between the transverse process and the spine? |
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Definition
| How many cervical vertebrae exist in a normal human skeleton? |
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Definition
| How many thoracic vertebrae exist in a normal human skeleton? |
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Definition
| How many lumbar vertebrae exist in a normal human skeleton? |
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Term
Small body,
Bifid spinous processes,
Presence of a transverse foramen,
Articular facets parallel the transverse plane |
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Definition
| What are the distinguishing characteristics of a general cervical vertebra? |
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Term
Heart-shaped bodies,
Facets for articulation with the ribs,
Articular facets aligned with the coronal plane,
Long spinous processes positioned caudally |
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Definition
| What are the distinguishing characteristics of a general thoracic vertebra? |
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Term
Large bodies,
Thick spinous processes directed posteriorly,
Articular processes aligned in the sagittal plane |
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Definition
| What are the distinguishing characteristics of a general lumbar vertebra? |
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Definition
| What is the name of the fibrous outer layer of an intervertebral disk? |
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Definition
| What is the name of the gelatinous center portion of an intervertebral disk? |
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Definition
| What kind of joint exists between vertebrae? |
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Term
| The anterior longitudinal ligament |
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Definition
| What is the name of the ligament connecting the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks that runs on the anterior surface of the bodies of vertebrae? It runs from the occipital bone to the sacrum. |
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Term
| The posterior longitudinal ligament |
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Definition
| What is the name of the ligament connecting the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks that runs on the posterior surface of the bodies of vertebrae? It is within the vertebral canal. |
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Definition
| What is the name of the yellow ligament attaching lamina to lamina of adjacent vertebra? |
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Definition
| What is the name of the ligaments surrounding synovial joints between adjacent articular processes? |
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Term
| The supraspinous ligament |
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Definition
| What is the name of the ligament that runs on the posterior surface of the spinous processes and resists separation of the spinous processes? |
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Definition
| What is the name of the upper portion of the supraspinous ligament that runs from CV7 to the external occipital protuberance and increases the surface area for muscular attachment? |
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Definition
| What is the name of the ligament that runs between the spinous processes? |
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Definition
| What is the anatomical term for the anterior bending of the spinal column? |
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Definition
| What is the anatomical term for the posterior bending of the spinal column? |
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Definition
| What is the anatomical term for the side bending of the spinal column? |
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Definition
| What is the anatomical term for the combined anterior, lateral, and posterior bending of the spinal column? |
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Definition
| In what vertebral region is flexion LEAST restricted? |
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Definition
| In what vertebral region is extension GREATEST? |
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Term
| Thicker intervertebral disks between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae promotes greater flexibility |
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Definition
| Why are the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal column more flexible than the other vertebral regions? |
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Term
| Antagonist muscles and ligaments |
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Definition
| What limits lateral flexion? |
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